Short Answer Questions

2. Who do Alice and her mother watch while they are trying to lose weight?

3. What snag develops during the preliminary hearing so that Alice has to go through another process?

4. Who accompanies Alice to the Public Safety Building on November 4th?

5. What do Alice and Jamie drink at Jamie's apartment?

Essay Topics

Essay Topic 1

Throughout her trail, Alice constantly enforces the fact that she was a virgin when she was raped. Write an essay on the importance of Alice's virginity on her case and what her trial might have been like if she had not been a virgin.

Essay Topic 2

Think about Alice's hallmates during her first year in college. Why do the girls try to prove to the others that they are more experienced? What kind of power does an experienced girl hold over the others? Be sure to use at least two examples.

Essay Topic 3

Think about the difference between Mary Alice and Linda. Write a compare/contrast essay between these two people and the comforts that Alice finds in them.